Comments on: WOC 2024 Knock-Out Sprint: Analysis, Maps and Results

By: John Chandler

John Chandler — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:57:24 +0000

From watching the knockout sprint on Tuesday it seems to be the case that IOF is going to allow tackling going forward during the sprint relay. If this is the case then I would suggest, for athlete safety, that they adopt the new rugby law limiting the height of the tackle to below the “base of the sternum”. In addition they might insist that the run in take place on long grass to limit the damage. Think of the television opportunities!

By: Joris

Joris — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:38:43 +0000

The names in the graphs for race development of the first and second women semifinal seem to be in wrong order because not Victoria Hæstad Björnstad but Karolin Ohlsson made it to the final (first semifinal) and not Natalia Gemperle but Venla Harju and Megan Carter Davies made it to the final (second semifinal).

Thanks for the brilliant analysis!

PS. A detail that probably didn’t really matter for the development of the race: In the final Martin Regborn and probably somebody else took a different route to second control (first left, then through the backyard) than the rest of the runners (first straight, then back around the wall).

By: Jan Kocbach

Jan Kocbach — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:18:59 +0000

Thanks, Luke!

By: Luke Fisher

Luke Fisher — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 07:06:42 +0000

The women’s pack needlessly went all the way around the school building just before the first barrier on the left routechoice out of #4. This included two sets of steps. They could have run just inside the fence to the left of the barrier, as the men did later. I suspect this contributed to Megan arriving at #5 first with a small lead!